4 Steps: Hold Your Liquor

How To Keep Your Wits About You All Night

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Drink on the clock

Look at the time when you start your first drink and don’t order another one for an hour. The average liver can process about one drink an hour, so you’re wise to keep that pace. Any faster and you’re asking for it.

Granted, this step means watching the clock, which may seem like a drag, especially on a good night that you’d rather not see end any time soon. But this doesn’t have to be a buzz kill. Instead, utilize it to manage your evening’s game plan — for example, tie in your efforts to talk to the right girl with the start of your third drink.

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Order a diluter

The last step in learning to hold your liquor involves drinking a diluter, which is a second non-alcoholic beverage that you consume in between drinks in an effort to dilute the alcohol in your stomach and delay its absorption just enough to keep you from getting hammered so quickly. It helps to take up space in your stomach and prevent you from drinking too much, too quickly.

Water makes for the best diluter, while many carbonated drinks are the worst, because they speed up the absorption of alcohol in your system. The smartest way to execute this step is to drink a glass of water between each drink. Not only will it enable you to hold your liquor, but it also contributes to a more tolerable morning-after by keeping you hydrated.